CHRIST, A RIGHTEOUS BRANCH

CHRIST, A RIGHTEOUS BRANCH

Root, branch and stem imagery
Isaiah 60:20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.Isaiah 11:1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Th Lord God and the Lord our righteousnessJeremiah 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. 3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. 4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD. 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 7 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; 8 But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.

Jeremiah 33:14 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. 15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.

17 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

Psalm 80:1 through Psalm 80:19 ¹    Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

²    Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.

³    Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

⁴    O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

⁵    Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

⁶    Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

⁷    Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

⁸    Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

⁹    Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

¹⁰    The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

¹¹    She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

¹²    Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

¹³    The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

¹⁴    Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

¹⁵    And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.

¹⁶    It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

¹⁷    Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.

¹⁸    So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.

¹⁹    Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Zechariah 6:9 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 10 Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; 11 Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; 12 And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: 13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. 14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. 15And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.Zechariah 3:8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. 9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. 10 In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree.